ἀπαρνηϑήσομαι

ἀπαρνέομαι fut. ἀπαρνήσομαι; 1 aor. ἀπηρνησάμην. Pass.: 1 fut. ἀπαρνηθήσομαι; pf. ἀπήρνημαι ISm 5:2; (W-S. §13, 9; B-D-F §78; 311); variant act. aor. ἀπαρνῆσαι Hs 1:5 (Soph., Hdt. et al.; Is 31:7; JosAs 12:11 cod. A for ἠρνήσαντο; Mel., P. 26, 181; 73, 537) ‘deny’.

① to refuse to recognize/acknowledge, deny τινά (Is 31:7) Christ (of Peter’s denial; MGoguel, Did Peter Deny his Lord? HTR 25, ’32, 1–27; ELinnemann, Die Verleugnung des Petrus: ZTK 63, ’66, 21) Mt 26:34f, 75; Mk 14:30f, 72; Lk 22:61. In full ἕως τρίς με ἀπαρνήσῃ εἰδέναι until you have three times denied that you know me vs. 34 (on the v.l. μὴ εἰδέναι cp. Soph., Ant. 442 καταρνῇ μὴ δεδρακέναι τάδε;). τὸν κύριον Hv 3, 6, 5; cp. 8, 8, 2; ISm 5:2 (Lucian, M. Peregr. 13 p. 337 θεούς). W. acc. of thing (Diod S 20, 63, 4 ἀ. τὴν ἐπιστήμην=deny, refuse to acknowledge his [former] trade [as a potter]—opp. καυχάομαι=be proud of it; SibOr 4, 27f νηοὺς κ. βωμούς) τ. νόμον Hs 1:5. Pass. (Soph., Philoct. 527; Pla., 7th Letter 338e; Herodas 4, 74) ἀπαρνηθήσεται ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων the person will be denied (i.e. not recognized) before the angels Lk 12:9 (Ps.-Callisth. 2, 8, 10 ἀπαρνέομαι=reject, wish to know nothing of).

② to act in a wholly selfless manner, deny oneself (opp. Mel., P. 26, 181 ‘to avoid being killed’) Mt 16:24; Mk 8:34; Lk 9:23 v.l. AFridrichsen, ‘S. selbst verleugnen’: ConNeot 2, ’36, 1–8; 6, ’42, 94–96. SEÅ 5, ’40, 158–62; JLebreton, La doctrine du renoncement dans le NT: NouvRT 65, ’38, 385–412.—DELG s.v. ἀρνέομαι. M-M. TW.